Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company

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ManufacturerKauffman Motor Vehicle Company
Production1906–12

Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company was a pioneer brass era, American automobile company, built in Miamisburg, Ohio, from 1909 until 1912. [1]

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History

The company was begun in 1906 [2] as the Kauffman Buggy Company, providing bodies and chassis for Hatfield, located across town. In 1908, as Hatfield ran into financial difficulties, [3] the two firms merged, to form the Advance Motor Vehicle Company.

Under the Advance name, they introduced a four-passenger roadster with a refined version of Hartfield's four-cylinder on a 104 in (2642 mm) wheelbase. [2] The Model C sold for US$1000, [2]

Advance became the Kauffman Motor Car Company in 1911, and folded the next year. [4]

Notes

  1. Kimes, Beverly Rae. The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805–1942 (Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989), p.761.
  2. 1 2 3 Kimes, p.761.
  3. Kimes, p.652.
  4. Kimes, 761.

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